Combination tire and trunk carrier



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J. G. SUTHERLAND COMBINATION TIRE AND TRUNK CARRIER Fil ed June 2, 1923 10 avg a lulu.

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July 27 1940.-

fF/GJ F/GZ fa BY 4 M ATTQRNEY 7 e. S T' ER LAND, or oA woon'oniofl Patented July 27, 1926., h

" v COMBINATION he: Ann demis It is the principalobjecuofmy invention to provide a simple, compact and attractive tire and trunlecarrier inwhich'provision is made for enclosing liquid fuel tank or 2 thereo are secured to the body other container and electric lamps whiclr'illuminate various signs and signals on the face of the carrier;

' .Facility in plaeinga-trunl: or other lug-- gage, and n tire, rimonwheel in the carrier,- and in removing' 'thein therefrom, as a well as freedom from contact with dirt, 01] and grease when'fdoi'ng this work, constitute,

another purpose of the-invention;

In 1ts provision f tire and a liquid fueltank, my carrier conserves sp'ace,-' which is ne'o-i 'themost important problems "of the jflutOih otlvefcnE gineer. It alsojreduces to an easy end clean operatiomthe task of placing a tire, rim or wheel in it, and otlremo'ving from it the tire, rim or wheel which" it contains.

Other important and; incidental objects will be brought out in the following specie ficationf'zin'd particularly setffforth infthe subjoined claimsQ- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation" of myimproved carrierl:

'walls' of the compartment 2, [are two longl ftudin'ally dlsposed angle-irons 24, l 24 which.

Figure 2 is a sectional side view ther-eot taken on the line 2- 2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a cross sectional view thereof taken, on the line 33 of Figure 2, showing the tire carrier portion of the structure.

self.

Throughout the specification and drawings similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

Inthe accompanying drawings 'illustrat' mg one form of embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a carrier ee smg wh ch is preferably constructed of sheet metal and having an elongated, bottom, tire- 7 rear verticalpartitions 73nd 8 and the side Walls of the casing, and'is'c'losed by a cover 9'having a front inclined portion and a rear horizontal part that is secured by hinges 10 Y 1 to the top 11 of the liquid fuel compartment 4. (See Figures 1 and 2'.) I means ofa tively.

or enclosing etrunk, 21

And Fig-v ure 4; is a planvi'ew of the'tire carrier it 1923'. sens n 643,123; -J-i lock12- the were may helocked atyits' front end to'th'e upper portion oft-life front panel l3ofthe casing The rear penel' lslof the letter, and."thebottom compartmentv automobile by brackets 16 end "17" respiccv 1 A oentrahtail lamp 18 is 'c'arried by the janel 13 to which below seidlam} there: i

is secured 1' license plate 19; Above the lamp l8' the panel 13 contains a horizontal opening through -whichwth'cre is display the vvord. Stop on' a transparent plat'eQEZQ:

which is illun'iin'edb ffan 5 electric lamp/21L? (See Figure'l.)

On each "side of human handon' a transparent plate. The hand 22 which pOints'tothe r1ght,,1s,1l1u-* fniined hjv a lamp (not shown) when the driver of the automobile desi-r-esto turn to v :Jc" thejlamp 18 the panel contains a horizontal open ng through which there1s displayed the representation of a the right, and the hand which pointsl to I I the left, isilluminedby a lamp (not'showifl when the driver of the"lnschineseeksto turn "tothe left. i

Secured to the interior portions of theside act as rails upon which slide-two angle mem bers25, 125 which ar'e"secured to a panel 26 at their front ends; iTofthe angle members I v 25.. 25 there ere secured two? U-shaped diagonal rods 27, 27 which cross each'other at their middle portionslto serve asla support vifor a. tire28, or for a rim *or'wheel. (See the fiangedbase '31 of abolt 32 which ;proje'c'ts upwardly through eTcent-ral hole in" "the clamping member 30, receiving on its T top end ajwingnut33 bywhich thetension of the clamping member against the tire rim '29 may be ad usted.

The tire-receiving structure thus defined may be drawn outof the casing like a drawer to 'perm1t an automob le tire and run, or

an automobile wheel, to be easily placed upon the U-shaped supporting rods 27 27 and the clampingmember' 30 'toflb'ef applied no to it. The: garrier maythen beeasily pushed into the compartment 2 of the casing, after which, by means of a lock 3%. which it carries, the panel 26 secured to the rods may be firmly locked to the top 8 of said compartment. W hen it is desired to change a tire, the carrier may be easily unlocked and drawn out, after which the wing nut 33 and clamping member 30 may be removed to permit the tire and rim within the carrier to be easily lifted out. The operation of insert- ,ing a tire in, or removing it from, the carrier is thus a convenient and a clean one.

Not only may a tire and rim, or an automobile Wheel be inserted in the carrier, but a trunk 35 or other luggage may be placed within its compartment 5 afterthe'cover 9 has been unlocked and raised. Figure 2 shows a trunk 35 Within the compartment 5 under the cover 9 after the latter has been securely locked.

Into the compartment at defined between the side Walls oft-he casing-and the partition 8 and rear panel 14k, gasol ne or other presents to the eye a simple, compact and attractive unit.

V compartment in the bottom of said casing,

a top for said tire receiving compartment, and partitions mounted upon the top of said tire receivingcompartment and extending between the sides of the casing to provide a luggage receiving space and a fuel receiving space.

2. A carrier of the type described, comprising a casing formed with front and rear partitions to provide a luggage-receiving space, and having a panel behind the rear partition and extending between the sides of the casing to provide a liquid-fuel receiving space, a common bottom for the luggage and fuel receiving compartments, and a horizontal tire receiving compartment belowthe luggage and fuel receiving compartments having as its top the common bottom of the latter.

A carrier of the type described, comprising a casing having a horizontallydisposed tire-receiving compartment, rails mounted in the latter in the direction of its JOHN G. SUTHERLAND. 

